| A | B |
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| ballad | narrative poem, fairly simple, can be sung |
| free verse | poetry without regular rhyme, rhythm, or line length |
| couplet | two lines that rhyme and are the same length |
| poetry | type of literature that is compact, imaginative, and musical |
| end rhyme | rhyme of the last words in lines of poetry |
| metaphor | comparison without use of like or as |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the BEGINNING of words |
| rhyme scheme | patterns of rhyme in poetry |
| imagery | language that appeals to the five senses |
| enjambment (run-on line) | line that continues to the next line and has no punctuation |
| assonance | repetition ofvowel sounds in a line of poetry |
| lyric poetry | short poems spoken from poets point of view |
| narrative poetry | poetry that tells a story |
| personification | giving non-human things human attributes |
| simile | comparison of two things using like or as |
| rhyme | repetition of identical or similar sounds |
| rhythm (meter) | pattern of stressed or unstressed syllables in lines of poetry |
| onomatopoeia | words that by their sound suggest their meaning |
| sonnet | fourteen line poem |
| ode | poems of praise |
